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Rider Steals Win Over Women's Basketball on Three Point Buzzer Beater

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LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ - Saint Peter's women's basketball loss a heartbreaker at the buzzer to hOURglass rival Rider, 47-46, on Saturday afternoon in the Alumni Gymnasium. Junior guard, Talah Hughes, led the Peacocks with 12 points and seven rebounds while freshman forward, Zoe Pero, added 10 points. Saint Peter's drops to an overall record of (3-17, 2-9).

"We played a terrific defensive game today," said head coach Pat Coyle. "Everyone who played gave us great effort on both ends of the floor."

In the low scoring affair, each team went shot for shot in the first quarter until the Broncs took a lead 7-5 into the break.

The Peacocks scored the first four points of the second with baskets by Sajanna Bethea and Ashlie Howell putting the Peacocks in the lead, 9-7. The Broncs would come back to tie the game at 9 and 11. The Peacocks limited the Broncs to only score three points for the rest of the quarter going into halftime in the lead 19-14.

In the third quarter, the Broncs opened up a 7-2 run, tying the game at 21-21 with under two minutes. Two foul shots and layup by Hughes put the Peacocks in the lead 25-21. As the game went on the Broncs closed in  on Saint Peter's 29-28 just before Rider guard, Robin Perkins added four points to the board putting the Broncs in the lead 32-29. The Broncs held the Peacocks to one point as they led at the end of the third quarter 37-30.

At the start of the fourth quarter the Peacocks quickly posted four points to put themselves three points shy of Rider 34-37. The Peacocks continued to play hard staying within  three points of Rider. The time started to wine down and Saint Peter's continued to close in sitting behind by one point at 42-41. Rider posted two free throws and Alyssa Velles answered with a three-point shot to tie the game at 44-44 in the last minute of the game. Janelle Mullen knocked in two free throws to give Saint Peter's the 46-44 lead over Rider with one second left on the clock. Just before time expired, Perkins put up a halfcourt shot that connected, giving Rider the lead and win at 47-46.

Perkins led Rider with 17 points and forward, Julia Duggan, followed with nine points and 10 rebounds.

The Peacocks will return to action on Monday, January 30 at Manhattan College. Tip-off is scheduled to start at 11am.




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Players Mentioned

Sajanna Bethea

#42 Sajanna Bethea

F
5' 11"
Senior
Ashlie Howell

#33 Ashlie Howell

F/C
6' 2"
Sophomore
Talah Hughes

#15 Talah Hughes

G/F
5' 10"
Senior
Zoe Pero

#20 Zoe Pero

F
6' 0"
Sophomore
Alyssa Velles

#23 Alyssa Velles

G
5' 10"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Sajanna Bethea

#42 Sajanna Bethea

5' 11"
Senior
F
Ashlie Howell

#33 Ashlie Howell

6' 2"
Sophomore
F/C
Talah Hughes

#15 Talah Hughes

5' 10"
Senior
G/F
Zoe Pero

#20 Zoe Pero

6' 0"
Sophomore
F
Alyssa Velles

#23 Alyssa Velles

5' 10"
Senior
G

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